I’m a bit confused by your statement which includes ‘classical liberals’ in the set of all liberals.
I thought that Thomas Jefferson was what is thought of today as a “classical liberal’ and he was not like the typical progressive liberals of today.
Regarding your contention #2,perhaps I have been sadly mistaken in thinking that both liberty and equality are basic principles or as you put it values, of liberalism rather than Conservatism.
If liberty and equality are liberal values rather than conservative,I ask that you or someone else respond and tell me straightforwardly what then are the basics of Conservatism?
Good gosh,I mean basic conservative rather than liberal values when we speak of liberty and equality. I do not see those as liberal values.